8.5/10126 votes#1 - American Reckoning
Season 41 Episode 1 - Aired 2/15/2022
FRONTLINE and Retro Report tell the story of the 1967 killing of Wharlest Jackson Sr., a local NAACP leader in Natchez, Mississippi. The documentary follows Jackson’s family as they search for the truth about what happened and examines the history of white supremacy in Natchez. It is part of FRONTLINE's multiplatform Un(re)solved initiative.
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7.4/1071 votes#2 - Putin's Road to War
Season 41 Episode 2 - Aired 3/15/2022
FRONTLINE tells the story of what led to Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine, examining the events that shaped the Russian leader, the grievances that drive him and how a growing conflict with the West exploded into war in Europe.
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7.7/1077 votes#3 - Pelosi's Power
Season 41 Episode 3 - Aired 3/22/2022
An examination of the powerful and polarizing Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi. The documentary traces Pelosi's life and legacy, how she has gained and wielded power across three decades, and how she has faced grave challenges to her leadership and to American democracy from Trump and his allies.
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7.8/1058 votes#4 - Plot to Overturn the Election
Season 41 Episode 4 - Aired 3/29/2022
Frontline and ProPublica examine how lies about election fraud in 2020 have made their way to the center of American politics and how a handful of people have had an outsized impact on the current crisis of democratic legitimacy in the United States.
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7.5/1026 votes#5 - The Power of Big Oil: Denial (1)
Season 41 Episode 5 - Aired 4/19/2022
Frontline examines the fossil fuel industry’s history of casting doubt and delaying action on climate change. Part One of this three-part series charts the fossil fuel industry's early research on climate change and investigates industry efforts to sow seeds of doubt about the science.
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7.9/1080 votes#6 - The Power of Big Oil: Doubt (2)
Season 41 Episode 6 - Aired 4/26/2022
Frontline examines the fossil fuel industry’s history of casting doubt and delaying action on climate change. Part Two of this three-part series explores the industry’s efforts to stall climate policy, even as evidence about climate change grew more certain in the new millennium.
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8.0/1067 votes#7 - The Power of Big Oil: Delay (3)
Season 41 Episode 7 - Aired 5/3/2022
Frontline examines the fossil fuel industry’s history of casting doubt and delaying action on climate change. As leading climate scientists issue new warnings about climate change, Part Three examines how the fossil fuel industry worked to delay the transition to renewable energy sources — including by promoting natural gas as a cleaner alternative.
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6.9/1092 votes#8 - Police on Trial
Season 41 Episode 8 - Aired 5/31/2022
With Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters from the Star Tribune, the documentary "Police on Trial" investigates the Minneapolis police, from the murder of George Floyd and subsequent protests, to the trial of Derek Chauvin, to the struggle for accountability.
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7.6/1057 votes#9 - Facing Eviction
Season 41 Episode 9 - Aired 7/26/2022
Why have American families struggled to keep their homes during the COVID pandemic, despite a federal ban on evictions? With Retro Report, Frontline offers an intimate look at the United States’ affordable housing crisis through the eyes of tenants, landlords, judges and law enforcement.
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7.7/1080 votes#10 - Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack
Season 41 Episode 10 - Aired 8/2/2022
A dramatic and intimate look inside the Russian assault on Kharkiv. Frontline follows displaced families trying to survive underground, civilians caught in the fight and first responders risking their lives amid the shelling of Ukraine’s second largest city.
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7.7/1011 votes#11 - Afghanistan Undercover
Season 41 Episode 11 - Aired 8/9/2022
An undercover investigation into the Taliban’s crackdown on women in Afghanistan. Frontline correspondent Ramita Navai finds women who are being punished by the regime and confronts Taliban officials.
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7.9/1059 votes#12 - Lies, Politics and Democracy
Season 41 Episode 12 - Aired 9/6/2022
Frontline’s season premiere investigates American political leaders and choices they’ve made that have undermined and threatened democracy in the U.S. In a two-hour documentary special premiering ahead of the 2022 midterms, Frontline examines how officials fed the public lies about the 2020 presidential election and embraced rhetoric that led to political violence.
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7.8/1048 votes#13 - Michael Flynn's Holy War
Season 41 Episode 13 - Aired 10/18/2022
How did Michael Flynn go from being an elite soldier overseas to waging a “spiritual war” in America? In collaboration with the Associated Press, Frontline examines how the retired three-star general has emerged as a leader in a far-right movement that puts its brand of Christianity at the center of American civic life & institutions and is attracting election deniers, conspiracists & extremists.
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7.8/1047 votes#14 - Putin's Attack on Ukraine: Documenting War Crimes
Season 41 Episode 14 - Aired 10/25/2022
Frontline and the Associated Press trace Russian President Vladimir Putin’s pattern of atrocities in Ukraine and across other conflicts, exposing the challenges of trying to hold Russia to account. The documentary offers a window into the lives of Ukrainians living under siege, capturing the devastation of the war and the ongoing pursuit for accountability.
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7.7/1068 votes#15 - Putin's War at Home
Season 41 Episode 15 - Aired 11/1/2022
Meet some of the defiant Russians pushing back against President Vladimir Putin’s crackdown on critics of the war in Ukraine. FRONTLINE tells the inside stories of activists and journalists risking arrest and imprisonment to protest and speak out about the Kremlin’s war effort.
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7.6/1035 votes#16 - Crime Scene: Bucha/After Zero Tolerance
Season 41 Episode 16 - Aired 12/6/2022
Part 1: Crime Scene: Bucha - FRONTLINE, The Associated Press and SITU Research team up to present an exclusive visual investigation of the atrocities committed in the Ukrainian town of Bucha during Russia’s month-long occupation earlier this year. Drawing on hundreds of hours of CCTV footage, intercepted phone calls and a 3D model of Bucha, the collaborative investigation maps the scope of the carnage — more than 450 deaths in all — and with forensic detail charts how Russian soldiers ran “cleansing” operations. Part 2: After Zero Tolerance - The story of a family’s struggle to reunite after being separated at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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The Best Episodes of Frontline Season 41
Every episode of Frontline Season 41 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Frontline Season 41!
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Season 41 Ratings Summary
"American Reckoning" is the best rated episode of "Frontline" season 41. It scored 8.5/10 based on 126 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 2/15/2022. This episode is rated 1.1 points higher than the second-best, "Putin's Road to War".